I've finding myself watching less and less anime during the week due to work, and making up for this during the weekend. However, I have managed to pick up a fair few from the new season.
To start off, the first episode of Sasami@Ganbaranai was beautifully animated, and in the style we've come to associate with Shaft and its resident director, Shinbo. I'm a big fan of the studio largely because of how they're constantly developing their own distinctive and contemporary approach to animation, and thereby pushing the envelope in the process. However, I'm slightly concerned by the story with this one. Whilst such eccentricities are something we've come to expect from them, this episode seemed to be more style over substance, as it were, than anything else. The story was bordering on inconsequential, but still remained mildly interesting. I guess I should reserve judgement until I've seen more.
Vividred Operation oddly felt reminiscent of Gundam Age with the old scientist/genius grandfather using their grandson/daughter to save the world... If you get my drift. Even the colourful animation was similar. There's not much to say aside from that, it's all very standard affair, lending itself to a tried and tested formula. Still, the budget seems fairly big for this one, and I'm sure it'll be enjoyable enough to watch in the long run.
Kotoura-san's opening sequence was pretty powerful, and I genuinely felt compassion for our main character, even if that was the writer's intention (would people really be that judgemental and dismissive?). However, the latter half of the episode seemed to suggest that the drama will take a backseat in favour of a 'coming of age' format with mild humour and likely romance. I'm not adverse to this, though.
Amnesia's premise, as the name suggests, was about how the main character forgets everything. This premise alone made it somewhat interesting, and the bishie male characters were an added bonus. However, I'll need to watch a few more episodes to see where they take this.
Zettai Karen Children The Unlimited was surprisingly good. Having seen the original series that was ok but nothing special, I didn't expect to enjoy this one as much as I did. Having now seen two episodes, the action is fun to watch and the plot has enough intrigue to keep things interesting. It's nothing groundbreaking, by any stretch, but when compared to everything else offered this season, it's a definite keeper.
Senran Kagura could well be my guilty pleasure of the season. Not much to say regarding this one, only that I enjoyed it for what it was, and will probably end up keeping it on.
Edit: Ok, getting a bit tired of typing now. The others I'm following are Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next, Hakkenden Touhou Hakken Ibun, Love Live!, Da Capo III, Tamako Market, Chihayafuru Season 2, Mondaijitachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sou Desu yo, Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha and Nekomonogatari. May write my thoughts about them at some point this weekend, but probably not.